Illustration of the Timeline with media assembled inside of individual tracks

The Playhead is the visual marker to show you want part of the video you are viewing in the video timeline and will indicate where some edits will automatically take place. The small line that moves across the timeline when you play or review different parts of your video is the Playhead. The Tracks of the timeline are areas where you can place the media either one after the other in the first track, or stack different pieces of media on top of each other to create different effects such as voice overs for video or picture files being placed beside you on screen. You can edit you video together by adding media from the Media Bin and dragging them onto the desired area of your timeline. The Timeline is where your video comes together. Working from left to right, let’s go over the different player controls at the bottom of the Canvas that allow you to interact with and view your project: Previous Frame and Next Frame Buttons :Īllows you to drag the playhead freely across the duration of you video. Illustration of the Canvas with player controlsįeatures of the Player Controls for the Canvas The player controls for the Canvas work just like a regular media player with a few extra features to move across the timeline. The Canvas is the large playback area in the middle of the editor that allows you to watch what is assembled on the timeline. For all other versions, you can also right click anywhere in the bin and select “ Import Media… ” from the drop down menu. To add media to your media bin that isn’t recorded with Camtasia (such as images, pre-made videos, or music) click on the plus icon at the bottom of the Media Bin ( Camtasia 3) and upload files either from your computer or Google Drive. The Media Bin is where you can find your project recordings or other pieces of media you wish to put into your timeline. Illustration of the plus icon in Media Bin

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